Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Latrobe Bulletin
Monday, October 19, 1914
Young Man Drawn Into Revolving Saw At Oak Grove, and Is Instantly Killed
Drawn headfirst into a rapidly revolving circular saw, and his head split open from the crown to the shoulders, was the horrible fate suffered by Graham Irwin, aged 26 years, at the saw mill being operated on the Shenango Furnace Companys property, at Oak Grove, this morning.
The young man went to step over the truck which was approaching the saw at the time, and he stumbled and fell.
He fell directly upon the truck, and before he could save himself; before, also, the others could rush to his assistance, he was carried into the teeth of the saw.
When the men working nearby reached him and seized his body to draw it back, the saw had cut its way clear to the shoulders.
Men turned sick, at the ghastly sight. The young man lived near Oak Grove.